Sony to reveal new PlayStation 5 details on March 18

Sony Interactive Leisure says it plans to disclose new particulars concerning the PlayStation 5 on Wednesday, March 18 at 9 a.m. PT. The corporate will accomplish that via its PlayStation Weblog.

PS5 lead system architect Mark Cerny will “present a deep dive into PS5’s system structure, and the way it will form the way forward for video games” on Wednesday, Sony said. PlayStation followers can watch the reveal through the PlayStation Weblog.

The deliberate reveal of recent particulars on PS5 comes shortly after Microsoft revealed complete technical specs on the next-gen Xbox Sequence X.

First particulars on the PlayStation 5 have been introduced in April 2019, when Cerny laid out the next-gen console’s system specs to Wired. The PS5 might be powered by a CPU based mostly on the third-generation AMD Ryzen processor and a GPU based mostly on AMD’s Radeon Navi, which can assist hardware-accelerated ray tracing and resolutions as much as 8K. The PS5 can even include a solid-state drive, assist PlayStation four video games via backward compatibility, and work with PlayStation VR.

Sony later confirmed a launch window for the PS5: holidays 2020.

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Since then, Sony has been comparatively quiet about its next-gen console plans. At CES 2020, the corporate recapped what it had revealed concerning the PS5 and confirmed off the next-gen console’s emblem, which appeared unsurprisingly acquainted. And a few third-party builders have began saying PlayStation 5 video games, together with Godfall from Counterplay Video games and Gearbox Publishing.

Regardless of Sony’s plans to launch the PS5 this 12 months, the corporate is bowing out of the annual E3 gaming expo for the second 12 months in a row. As a substitute, Sony mentioned it plans to take part in “a whole bunch of client occasions throughout the globe” this 12 months, nevertheless it’s unclear what number of of these occasions will concentrate on Sony’s next-gen PlayStation or how the worldwide coronavirus pandemic will impression the sport maker’s plans.

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